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SubjectPlan-9 is definitely _NOT_ a failure (Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd))
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John Fulmer <jfulmer@appin.org> sez :


"Of note: Ken Thomson has a marginal
failure of his own in the closet:
Plan 9. This may have influenced SOME
of his thinking...."


Whatever you want to think of Mr. Thompson, the man has more programming mileage
than most people here, and Plan-9 is definitely _NOT_ a failure.

Far from it !!

There are lots of elegances and robustness in Plan9 that are not (yet!)
available in Linux. Methinks Linux and the Linux Communities as a whole can
benefit more by paying more attentions to Linux codebase (by making it even more
robust and elegant) than flaming Ken Thompson and/or pooh-pooh(ing) elegant
works such as Plan-9.


Sincerely,
Pete
teamwork@freemail.c3.hu

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